Patents by Inventor Chung Yiu Chow

Chung Yiu Chow has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lightweight authentication for on-premise rich clients
    Patent number: 9237017
    Abstract: Lightweight authentication for on-premise rich clients is described. The lightweight authentication mitigates the amount of software that is installed on a client machine for authentication purposes. A portion of an external website is hosted on an application executing on the rich client. The user can interact with the portion of the external website in order to enter credentials or other identification information. The entry of the credentials or other identification information is relayed to the external website for verification. If the verification is successful, the user can interact with various external websites utilizing the single verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Pong Yip, Wing Wai Wong, Chun Yam Kwok, Houman Pournasseh, Dean L. Fulcer, III, Rerkboon Suwanasuk, Chor Ki Ng, Bjorn Christian Rettig, Chung Yiu Chow
  • Application programming interface for identifying, downloading and installing applicable software updates
    Patent number: 8448160
    Abstract: An application programming interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers to build software programs that automatically detect, download, and install desired software updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joshuah Vincent, Korukonda Naveen Kumar, Chung Yiu Chow, Kenneth A. Showman
  • LIGHTWEIGHT AUTHENTICATION FOR ON-PREMISE RICH CLIENTS
    Publication number: 20120246709
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to lightweight authentication for on-premise rich clients. The lightweight authentication mitigates the amount of software that is installed on a client machine for authentication purposes. A portion of an external website is hosted on an application executing on the rich client. The user can interact with the portion of the external website in order to enter credentials or other identification information. The entry of the credentials or other identification information is relayed to the external website for verification. If the verification is successful, the user can interact with various external websites utilizing the single verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun Pong Yip, Wing Wai Wong, Chun Yam Kwok, Houman Pournasseh, Dean L. Fulcer, III, Rerkboon Suwanasuk, Chor Ki Ng, Bjorn Christian Rettig, Chung Yiu Chow
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR IDENTIFYING, DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING APPLICABLE SOFTWARE UPDATES
    Publication number: 20110271272
    Abstract: An application programming interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers to build software programs that automatically detect, download, and install desired software updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chung Yiu Chow, Korukonda Naveen Kumar, Kenneth A. Showman, Joshuah Vincent
  • Application programming interface for identifying, downloading and installing applicable software updates
    Patent number: 7987459
    Abstract: An application programming interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers to build software programs that automatically detect, download, and install desired software updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chung Yiu Chow, Korukonda Naveen Kumar, Kenneth A. Showman, Joshuah Vincent
  • Update at shutdown
    Patent number: 7895590
    Abstract: An update at shutdown process is disclosed that installs software updates on a computer during the computer's shutdown procedures. On a computing device with an automated shutdown procedure, during the shutdown procedure an update at shutdown process is executed. The update at shutdown process evaluates whether any software updates are currently stored, or are locally available, on the computing device. If there are software updates to be installed, a further evaluation determines whether any of the software updates may be installed without any user interaction. Accordingly, each downloaded/locally available software update that is identified as being installable without user interaction, is installed during the shutdown procedure, thus minimizing the impact that the software updates have on the computer user's use time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gary S Henderson, David Switzer, Chung Yiu Chow, Cristian Marius Ilac, Cathelijne Bertels, Richard J Swaney